AP Literature Key Terms Review Name: ______

Directions: Identify the device or technique used in each quote, and explain the function of that device or technique.

1. "Strips of tinfoil winking like people." (Sylvia Plath, "The Bee Meeting") In the line above, Plath ______the tinfoil. This technique reinforces/highlights/proves ______

2. "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

3. When President Obama joked that "I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the Planet Earth," in reference to questions about the validity of his birth certificate, Obama made references to the comic book hero, Superman’s ancestry and was using a(n) - ______. The effect of this device is to ______

4. "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." (Churchill)

5. I grew like a thin, stubborn weed. (Alma Villanueva, “I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid”)

6. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin tells the tale of a wife who learned her husband was dead. She felt a sense of freedom, thinking about her new life out from under his thumb. Suddenly, the husband returns (he never was dead) and she dies of shock. Terms to Know for the Exam Term Definition Term Definition Ethos Caesura

Pathos Enjambment

Logos Syntax

Hyperbole Allegory

Paradox Allusion

Synecdoche Archetype

Consonance Juxtaposition

Metaphor Omniscient POV

Personification Symbol

Limited POV Theme

Dynamic Static Character Character

Imagery Assonance

Onomatopoeia Alliteration